Sunny Day Real Estate LP2 - Vinyl

Sunny Day Real Estate: Jeremy Enigk (vocals, guitar); Dan Hoerner (guitar, background vocals); Nate Mendel (bass); William Goldsmith (drums).Producers: Sunny Day Real Estate, Brad Wood.Sunny Day Real Estate's second release features their signature, evolving guitar-based pop-punk, and the soaring tenor of Jeremy Enigk, whose clean pop singing and fierce growling varies in accordance with the band's complex, unfolding arrangements. While elements of the soft/hard/soft/hard philosophy that put their Sub Pop label-mates on the musical map can be found here, SDRE revile simplistic verse/chorus formulas. Jangled, ethereal soft-pop modulates into minor key dirges on "Theo B" and "J'Nuh"; ballads morph into power anthems on "Red Elephant," "5/8" and "Waffle"; and "8" blossoms from a minimalist soundscape into a power groove. The band is anchored by the perfectly-synched rhythm section of Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith, who joined Nirvana's Dave Grohl in Foo Fighters following SDRE's unfort